Powder dispensing container



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POWDER DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed June 28, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheat 2 Patented Dec.

POWDER DISPENSING CONTAINER Louis Hermani, Baltimore, Md., assignor to Continental Can Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 28, 1945, Serial No. 601,988

1 Claim. 1

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in a powder dispensing container wherein a dispensing opening is controlled by a rotatable closure slide.

An object of the invention is to provide a dispensing container having a dispensing opening controlled by an inside rotatable slide and an outside operating handle wherein all of the parts are of sheet metal joined together by the shaping of the metal parts.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section on the line l-l of Figure 3;

Figure 2 is a similar view on the line 22 of Figure 3;

Figure 3 is a top plan view the container with the control slide in open position;

Figure 4 is a similar view with the control slide in closed position;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the handle, the outer plate and the slide detached and positioned for assembly.

Figure 6 is a plan view of a, control slide having a different type of dispensing means.

The invention is shown as embodied in a dispensing container which includes a body portion I preferably formed of sheet metal and a cover portion'Z which has a flat top 3 and a depending skirt 4. The depending skirt makes outside frictional engagement with the body wall and rests against the bead 5 formed in the body wall. The top has a central opening 6 and at one side and spaced from this central opening is a dispensing opening I. As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the slide has a single opening through which powder may be dispensed,

This opening in the top is controlled by a 1'0- tatable slide 8 which slide is made of sheet metal and is provided with inwardly projecting channels 9, 9 along the side edges thereof. This greatly strengthens the slide and holds the same from springing or bending. The slide contains a dispensing opening ll) which is adapted to be moved into and out of register with the opening 1 in the top. The slide extends all the way across the central opening in the top and is provided with two spaced parallel slots II, II. This slide is placed on the inside of the top and in contact therewith. On the outside of the top is a circular plate (2 which is adapted to span the opening 6 in the top. This plate has parallel slots l3, l3 spaced from each other and shapedand disposed so as to line up with the slots II, II' in the slide on the inside of the container.

The slide is controlled by a handle I4 which is made from sheet metal and drawn so as to provide parallel side members l5, l5 and integral end members l6, IS. The side members are provided with depending lugs il, ll. These lugs extend through the slots l3, l3 and thence through the slots H, H and are folded back, as indicated at l8. l8. These folded-back parts may contact with the slide on the inner face thereof. The edge portions of the side walls 15 of the handle overlie the plate 12 so that when the lugs are turned back against the slide, the plate and slide will be clamped together as a unit and the slide will be firmly held in contact with the inner face of the top. These lugs are sufficiently wide so that when placed through the opening, they will contact therewith and this will center the handle relative to the opening and maintain it in center position. 7

The top is provided with. downwardly projecting detents l5 and 20. These detents project below the inner surface of the can top and serve as stops to limit the turning movement of the slide. When the slide is in the position shown in Figure 4, it contacts with the stop l9 and at this time the opening it in the slide is out of register with the openings 1 in the can top. When the slide is turned to the position shown in Figure 3, then it contacts with the stop 20 and the two openings l0 and l are in alignment. These channels 9, 9 formed in the slide ensure that it will be held in intimate contact with the inner surface of the can top throughout the region of the opening so that when the slide is moved to close the opening, it will be tightly closed. In other words, it will not spring so that powder can get between the slide and the can top.

The container with the single relatively large opening is particularly adapted for dispensing powder such as tooth powder. Instead of providing a single large opening, a plurality of openings 2| may be formed in the slide 8 so that when these openings are brought into alignment with the opening I there will be a series of openings through which the product is dispensed. With these relatively small openings the container is particularly adapted for dispensing spices and the like.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

I claim:

A closure for the body portion of a powder dispensing container comprising a flat top and a depending skirt adapted to engage the body portion of the container, said top having an opening at the center thereof and a dispensing opening at one side of the center, a control slide disposed inside of the top and extending across both of said openings and having slots formed therethrough, a plate spanning the central opening on the outside of the top and having slots formed therethrough, an elongated sheet metal handle having parallel side walls carrying depending lugs adapted to extend through the slots in the plate and the slots in the slide, said lugs being folded back upon the slide for holding the plate and the slide in firm rotatable contact with the top, said lugs being of such width relative to the size of the central opening as to allow said slide to turn about the center of the opening, said control slide having an opening adapted to be moved into and out of registration with the dispensing opening in the top, said slide having inwardly projecting channels extending along each side 20 thereof for strengthening the slide and holding it in intimate contact with the inner surface of the top throughout the region of the dispensing openings.

LOUIS HERMANI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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